ইজতেমা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِمَاع (ijtimāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /id͡ʒ.t̪ema/, [ˈid͡ʒ.t̪emaˑ], [ˈidz.t̪emaˑ], [ˈiz.t̪emaˑ]
  • (regressive assimilation) IPA(key): /itʃt̪ema/, [ˈitʃt̪emaˑ], [ˈitst̪emaˑ], [ˈist̪emaˑ]

Noun

ইজতেমা • (ijtema) (Islam)

  1. assemblage; convention
  2. the Bishwa Ijtema (an annual Islamic gathering in Bangladesh)
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